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> From: Ruth Sullivan <godwit at worldnet.att.net>
> To: Sgd24 at aol.com
> Subject: Re: winter RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRDS:
> Date: Monday, December 13, 1999 11:02 PM
>
> Hello,
> I must be the only birder what din't get the AMERICAN BIRDS Ninety-eight
> yet. I am realy upset over this.I know last year was a verry good year
for
> this many Annas Hummingbirds, and maybe this year would be onother from
> what reports giving to Birdfeeders . The way i anderstand the message
from
> Federal way it is a male. I having my 2 ANNA'S comming to both of my
> feeders male and female (of which i have taken photos of) all day. I
notice
> this on Saturday when i stayed home.And since this is my first Anna's and
> than getting two, i make a Diary most every day.
>
> Ruth Sullivan
> Tacoma
>
> ----------
> > From: Sgd24 at aol.com
> > To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
> > Subject: Re: winter RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRDS:
> > Date: Monday, December 13, 1999 10:19 PM
> >
> > I was looking through field notes and last year was a very good CBC
year
> for
> > Anna's. Seattle had 54, Tacoma had 14, E. Lk. WA-2, Edmonds-CW,
> > Kent-Auburn-2, Grays Harbor-1, Oak Harbor-1, Olympia-CW, Port
> Townsend-CW,
> > Sequim-Dungeness-1, Wenatchee-1.
> > I may have missed it in the initial post of the RUHU but what sex(s)
are
> the
> > RUHU that are in Federal Way? Very careful notes should be taken on
such
> a
> > bird in the winter time and photos if possible.
> > I always wonder if observers are aware of the significance of such
> sightings
> > when common summer birds show up in the winter time. Luckily this time
it
>
> > appears they are. Still one has to wonder how many times a wintering
> Tanager,
> > Oriole, or a lingering warbler is not called to the proper authorities
> > because the observer does not know that they should be hundreds or
> thousands
> > of miles to the south.
> > Pardon my preachy attitude but thats why even the beginning birder
needs
> to
> > learn about habitat associations and the bird's annual cycle at the
same
> time
> > on learns to identify it.
> >
> > Scott Downes
> > sgd24 at aol.com
> > Seattle WA
> >
> > To identify a species should not be enough to quench one's thirst, a
> proper
> > thirst must seek to understand every facet of the bird's existence.